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The first Tuesday of every month, Kathryn will conduct a webinar on a new topic related to your business. This is a chance to ask any questions related to the topic and get some group coaching directly from Kathryn. If you are unable to attend the webinar, you may also purchase a recording of the event to view at your own convenience.
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March 4, 2014: Hiring A Great Seasonal Team
Most owners and managers are not professionally trained to hire and they bring in family, friends and kids-of-friends to “fill the schedule.” This makes hiring more a “crap shoot” than a well-designed, integrated system.
What does it cost to train, develop and retain people?
What are the Skills, Abilities & Values you cannot live without?
Can you live without stability, maturity, a willingness to approach people, ability to calculate math, ability to speak, read and write in English, commitment, availability, etc?
You … [Read more...]

Tune into Landscape Live Talk Radio from January 14th
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Kathryn will discuss how to create profitable teams for your Spring season.
On the Agenda:
The top 3 challenges facing independent companies today
Strategies for training seasonal employees
New opportunities to create profit this year
Hiring the right people for your team
Holding people accountable
Making dysfunctional workers into prosperous teams
The best way to motivate today's employees … [Read more...]

Kathryn’s Latest Posts

My favorite Murphy’s Law is, “Why is there never enough time to do it right but always enough time to do it over?” Good question. Here’s a fairly common example; a “loader” takes a cart out to unload plant material and hard goods into a customer’s car and they forget to bring a trunk liner […]

During stressful times your staff morale may suffer. Your Associates may be worried about their jobs or just making ends meet. You may have to cut back hours or you may decide to bring back fewer seasonal people and that puts a burden on your team. Morale is critical in your business. When every individual […]

Profit is such a funny word. We act as if it is real when it actually is only a concept. The other thing about profit is that it is and end result; a by-product of doing many things well. Webster’s defines profit as – “The positive gain from an investment or business operation after subtracting […]